romantic poem reflection

psalm of life takes the idea of footprints in the sand on a beach and compares it to peoples lifes in time. their lives being the footprints and time being the sandy beach. this peom said to live life to its fullest and leave footprints in the sand or memories in life. its an idea that is actually very common in poetry being used in the famous poem "Footprints in the sand". it also is a great inspiration for other metaphores to use when writing about life.